#DCCC74#DCCC74

#DCCC74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCCC74
RGB	rgb(220, 204, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 47.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -6.14, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 46.03, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0177 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2620, 59.6642, 25.1777)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCCC74 #7484DC

analogous

#DC9874 #DCCC74 #B8DC74

triadic

#DCCC74 #74DCCC #CC74DC

tetradic

#DCCC74 #74DC98 #7484DC #DC74B8

square

#DCCC74 #74DC98 #7484DC #DC74B8

split-complementary

#DCCC74 #74B8DC #9874DC

monochromatic

#AB972B #D0BA43 #DCCC74 #E8DEA5 #F5F0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DCCC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DCCC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCCC74

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCCC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCCC74	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dccc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 204, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db9e',
    500: '#dccc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dccc74;
$custom-light: #e9db9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dccc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83975,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCCC74

secondary

#4757AD

accent

#38C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCCC74

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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